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Law and Literature
In Dennis M. Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Blackwell. pp. 446–456 (1996)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: The Varieties of Law and Literature Law and Fiction Hermeneutics Law as Narrative References.
law and literature ‐ hermetic, regard to nature of intellectual and academic enterprise literature, a “discipline” in something of a quixotic sense law in literature ‐ study of law as literature, becoming study of legal hermeneutics law and fiction ‐ moral lessons elicited from literary representations of lawyers and legal situations didactic use for literature in law hermeneutics ‐ lure of literature as a moral resource H.L.A. Hart ‐ univocal meaning for legal ‐ constitutional, texts as a response to fear of political relativism influence of literary hermeneutics ‐ constitutional theory, how meaning is found in literary and legal texts law as narrative
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